Coastal Breeze News

By Doug Browne Good doubles teams have a true sense of where to be at the right time. Experienced teams move to the middle when necessary, cover the alleys when the ball moves far to one side and go backwards to cover the tough lob. However, too many CTA and USTA league players are caught moving to the wrong angles of the court and are completely unaware when the opponents are going to lob. In order to gain an early edge with your opponents, make mental notes during the warm-up. For example, if your opponent always runs- around her backhand, ... Read More »

Collier County School District Superintendent, Dennis Thompson, and Pat Carroll of the School Board presented Stephanie Simon with a certificate for outstanding achievement in art. Linda Cummings from the Superintendent’s office, is given three selections from each school. One is chosen to be displayed during the Superintendent’s Art Gallery Night. The winning pieces will hang in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Administrative Center until Spring 2011. Tommie Barfield Elementary art teacher, Ms. Kathy Anderson was present for the award. Alison Horschler also a student from Tommie Barfield received Honorable Mention for her artwork. Read More »

By Monte Lazarus It’s the holiday season, so the time has come to tell all. We’re all prisoners of computers…every last one of us. When you, or even a little kid, look at that computer screen, you are not really looking at it. Uh-uh. It’s looking at you, and sometimes chuckling to itself about how dumb we are. They’ve quietly and effectively conquered us so-called humans. Machines control everything, and machines are, in turn, controlled by – yes, computers! IBM, HP, Dell, Gates, Jobs – the whole mob are probably robots designed and built by machine. How do we vote? ... Read More »

Collier county has an estimated 11,720 full time residents who have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. On Tuesday November 30th at 2pm, Catherine Cruikshank, Ph.D, Director of Education for the Alzheimer’s Association, FGCC will present a free educational program on the topic of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias at Sanitasole Senior Health Services on Marco Island located at 218 South Barfield Drive, Marco Island, Florida, 34145. Sanitasole Senior Health Services is Marco Islands only Adult Day Care #9078 and newly licensed Assisted Living facility #AL11919. Please R.S.V.P. Paula Camposano-Robinson of Sanitasole at (239) 389-6100 About the Alzheimer’s Association-Florida Gulf Coast ... Read More »